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For the Japanese Sega Master System game, see Hokuto no Ken (Master System). For the "Black Belt" console, see History of the Sega Dreamcast/Development.

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Black Belt

System(s): Sega Master System

Publisher: Sega of America (US), Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (EU)

Developer: Sega R&D 2

Distributor: Ariolasoft (DE), Tec Toy (BR)

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1986-11^[2]		5054
EU	1987-08^[3]		MK-5054-50
DE	19xx	DM 7979	41007
UK	1987-08^[4]^[3]	£19.9519.95^[3]^[5]	MK-5054-50
IT	19xx
AU	1987		5054
BR	19xx
KR	19xx		GB-1005
TW	19xx		G-1303

Black Belt is a beat-'em-up action game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System. It is a reworked version of Hokuto no Ken, with different graphics and audio, removing the Hokuto no Ken license in the process and turning it into a martial arts game similar to Irem's 1984 arcade game, Spartan X/Kung-Fu Master.

Story

The martial artist Riki sets out to rescue his girlfriend Kyoko from his rival Wang.

Gameplay

The game is a single-plane beat-'em-up played on left-to-right side-scrolling stages. Riki faces numerous underlings and minibosses before fighting a boss. Boss fights take place in separate, closed arenas with no scrolling and use larger sprites.

Riki is moved with and and crouches with . He jumps with ; jumping from a crouch performs an extra high jump. Riki punches with and kicks with . Punches are faster but kicks have greater reach. Both can be done from a crouching position; kicks (but not punches) can be done from a jump.

Riki has a health bar that diminishes as he takes damage from foes. He loses a life if he loses all of his health. He also loses a life if he runs out of time. The game ends if he loses all of his lives. The player receives an extra life at 100,000 and 300,000 points. Health and time are replenished at the beginning of each stage. A small amount of health is replenished from defeating ten common enemies and a larger amount of health is replenished from defeating a miniboss.

Items

Items occasionally pass overhead and can be collected by performing an extra high jump.

	Strength (力)
	Temporarily makes Riki invulnerable to damage.
	Food
	Restores a portion of Riki's health.

Chapters

	Chapter 1

	Chapter 2

	Chapter 3

	Chapter 4

	Chapter 5
	The weak spot of the boss cycles between the head, chest, waist, and legs.
	Chapter 6
	The final hit on the boss must be a punch.

Production credits

Programmer: Yuji Naka

Source:

Uncredited^[6]

Hints

US hints
US hints (with Ghost House; colored)
US hints (with Ghost House; B/W)

Magazine articles

Main article: Black Belt/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

80

^[7]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

81

^[8]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

PAL

81

^[9]

Computer Action (DK)

50

^[10]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

41

^[11]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

81

^[12]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

25

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

50

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

41

^[15]

	59
Based on 9 reviews

Black Belt

Master System, US (Made in Japan; ℠)
Cover
Cart Catalog

Master System, US (Made in Japan; ®)
Cover

Master System, US (Made in Taiwan; ℠)
Cover

Master System, US (Made in Taiwan; ®)
Cover
Manual

Master System, US (1990 rerelease)
Cover

Master System, EU
Cover

Master System, EU (Sega®)
Cover

Master System, EU ("No Limits")
Cover

Master System, UK
Cover

Master System, DE
Cover

Master System, IT

Master System, AU
Cover
Cart

Master System, AU (NIAL sticker)
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, BR (newer)
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, KR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	da3a2f57
MD5	16e6b4a1d71960d64bd20aaf7024e8ac
SHA-1	7c5524cff2de9b694e925297e8e74c7c8d292e46

128kB

Cartridge (EU/US)

References

Black Belt
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Bootlegs No results

[:File:BlackBelt_US_cover2.jpg_p-1] File:BlackBelt US cover2.jpg

[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.5_09.pdf_p14-2] Computer Entertainer, "December 1986" (US; 1986-12-xx), page 14

[:File:CVG_UK_073.pdf_p132-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Computer & Video Games, "November 1987" (UK; 1987-10-15), page 132

[:File:SMSGameCatalog1EU.pdf_p2-4] File:SMSGameCatalog1EU.pdf, page 2

[:File:Mastertronic_UK_Catalogue_1988.pdf_p2-5] The Mastertronic Catalogue (UK; 1988), page 2

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_103.pdf_p36-6] File:UltraGamePlayers US 103.pdf, page 36

[:File:CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf_p49-7] Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 49

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p92-8] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 92

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p53-9] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 53

[:File:ComputerAction_DK_01.pdf_p36-10] Computer Action, "Juli/August 89" (DK; 1989-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p138-11] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 138

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p132-12] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 132

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p55-13] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_01.pdf_p39-14] Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 39

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p70-15] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 70

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+==Story==
+The martial artist Riki sets out to rescue his girlfriend Kyoko from his rival Wang.
 ==Gameplay==
-===Levels===
+The game is a single-plane beat-'em-up played on left-to-right side-scrolling stages. Riki faces numerous underlings and minibosses before fighting a boss. Boss fights take place in separate, closed arenas with no scrolling and use larger sprites.
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+Riki has a health bar that diminishes as he takes damage from foes. He loses a life if he loses all of his health. He also loses a life if he runs out of time. The game ends if he loses all of his lives. The player receives an extra life at 100,000 and 300,000 points. Health and time are replenished at the beginning of each stage. A small amount of health is replenished from defeating ten common enemies and a larger amount of health is replenished from defeating a miniboss.
+===Items===
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+| desc=The final hit on the boss must be a punch.
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